{"id":182541,"date":"2025-09-26T07:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182541\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:46:12","slug":"new-celtics-owner-plans-to-look-at-wnba-possibility-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182541\/","title":{"rendered":"New Celtics owner plans to look at WNBA possibility in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2014 Bill Chisholm <\/a>thinks Boston should have a WNBA team.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, the new Celtics<\/a> owner chose his words carefully about the league\u2019s future in the city and his involvement, but it\u2019s on his radar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, I think Boston should have a team. It\u2019s the best sports city in the country,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cThis is the birthplace of basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NBA approved the majority sale of the Celtics from Wyc Grousbeck to Chisholm last month. <\/a>Chisholm met with the media for the first time as the new principal owner of the Celtics on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this summer, the Connecticut Sun, which plays in the smallest market in the WNBA, announced its interest in selling the franchise.<\/p>\n

Former Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and the Mohegan Tribe came to an agreement on a $425 million deal to buy the Connecticut Sun and move them to Boston. But the WNBA began putting up roadblocks to the move almost immediately.<\/a><\/p>\n

Multiple reports said the WNBA would prefer the Sun to move to Houston and that Chisholm to be involved in a Boston franchise down the road.<\/p>\n

Chisholm wasn\u2019t specific about how \u2014 relocation or expansion \u2014 he thought a WNBA team should land in Boston, or what his involvement might be. He\u2019d explore the topic when he got his feet under him as the Celtics owner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in this seat for about a month or so. It\u2019s definitely something we\u2019re going to look at,\u201d he said. \u201cI know the WNBA has a process. We\u2019re going to do what we can to expedite things, but there is a process there. But philosophically, it makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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